201 – 201 – A Nail Named You #2
201 – A nail named you #2
“Miss Victoria… . is it okay… ?”
Nike was restless, like a person with a mosquito bite on the sole of his foot.
It’s been this way ever since Sister Therese left.
Because I couldn’t stay still for a second.
I understand.
That would also be the case, because according to Therese, there was a high probability that Victoria would be charged with heresy by the judges of the Seonghwangcheong.
“… Will it be okay?”
Nike’s worried questions continued, so I decided to ask lightly.
“Nike, you. Didn’t you think the Arcwright family would be ruined? Arclight is the main force that destroyed you Wildrose.”
“That is, but… Miss Victoria isn’t wrong about that. At that time, Miss Victoria was probably only about five years old… .”
“However, it is also true that you have been enjoying favors and favors until now with the wealth and treasures you gained after destroying your family. If you say that, can you really say Victoria is innocent?”
“That, that… .”
21st century.
The system of guilt by association was abolished.
However, until recently, the treatment of the wealth of those who made money through old traitorous acts and the descendants who enjoyed affluence with that wealth was still a matter of debate.
Even more so, this world is a place where guilt-by-association system exists.
Can Victorica be very innocent about the downfall of the Wild Rose and the suffering of Nike?
I couldn’t answer that.
If there was a right to speak, wouldn’t it be Nike’s side?
Nike seemed to be in trouble in many ways.
“… I’m not sure. Although I hate the people of the Arclight family. It’s not that I hate Miss Victoria. But I hate the Arkwright family.”
“is it.”
“Even Ludens doesn’t tell you how to do this. I’m really, really worried… . Miss Victoria, would I be happy if I became poor like me?”
Well.
If you ask me about that, there’s no way I can give you an answer.
Then I suddenly remember.
“How about asking the magic orb?”
Nike received a “magic marble” from the wizard Oz, which is said to be able to foresee events in the slightly distant future. Nike must have remembered it as well, saying “Wait a minute!” and rushing somewhere.
When it reappeared, a marble the size of a watermelon was in Nike’s hand.
Nike shouted an incantation to it, saying, “Repeat, unreserved…”.
For some reason, when I thought it was a fairly quaint and strange spell.
Nike’s crystal ball began to reflect something.
It was Victoria, who had become terribly poor.
Victorica is shivering on the street in the middle of winter, covered with a newspaper blanket.
“… … .”
… what is this
Nike trembled when I felt my doubts.
“This, this is Miss Victoria who became a poor girl!”
Is it real.
It was a pretty vivid sight.
When you wonder if you can’t see it a little more closely, the beads become blurry before you know it.
“Ah, I must have lost all my strength. This bead showed only a fragmentary scene like this… . Anyway, if things go as they are now, Victoria-san… . I might have to live with only the newspaper… !”
The princess of the duke, whom everyone looked up to, became a homeless person covering herself with a newspaper blanket.
Will such a future really come?
Soon Nike shouted as if he had made up his mind on something.
“… As expected, Miss Victoria is worried! Because, in my own way, I consider Victoria-san and I to be friends!”
“is it.”
At first, Nike looked up to and respected Victoria as if she were a ‘popular student of the school year’. However, these days, it seems that they have reached the point where they can say that they are ‘friends’ even though they are embarrassed and awkward.
I said to Nike.
“But don’t worry too much. Victoriaka is Cain’s daughter, so no matter how much the interrogators from Seonghwangcheong’s Division 12 leave, she won’t be easily touched.”
And Victoria is the current student council president of Ludens, who was elected through a fair vote.
No matter how prosperous they were, they wouldn’t be able to imprison Victoria like me.
The problem may be on my side.
I am now in the position of being asked to cooperate with the accusation against the Arkwright family by Sister Therese of the Seonghwangcheong. If I refuse this, I might be involved as an accomplice.
* * *
“I never thought Sister Therese would come out like that… .”
evening of that day.
After the meal, Eclair put on a very serious expression.
“How do you feel when you see it?”
When I asked lightly, Éclair shook her head.
“I don’t know either.”
don’t know?
Since he is an official of Seonghwangcheong, I thought I would listen to a word of advice while feeding him until dinner.
Eclair was more useless than I thought.
“No, no, not that I don’t know!”
Did you read my expression?
Eclair hurriedly added words.
“Sister Therese is a person with a lot of gossip even inside the Holy Office. Is that person really full of all kinds of eccentricities? I don’t know how he will behave.”
“So, you mean that it wouldn’t be strange for Therese to go crazy and imprison Victoria, right?”
“Ordinary interrogators wouldn’t do that. Aren’t you the daughter of the Arclight family? It wouldn’t be strange if a war breaks out if you carelessly put them in prison.”
“That’s right.”
“But Sister Therese doesn’t care about that. That person is like a catapult on fire. A bomb that never knows when and where it will go off.”
“… … .”
“However, I am also a body that received help from Miss Victoria in its own way. can’t stay still It was thanks to the Arkwright family that I was able to receive a scholarship from seminary and graduate early.”
“Yes, you are indebted to Arclight.”
It’s what you see in mafia movies I’ve seen in the past. The mafia deliberately trained smart but poor guys to become lawyers.
The guy who became a lawyer like that will now become the advisory lawyer for that mafia organization.
In a way, Eclair was that kind of guy.
This guy must be the connecting link of the Seonghwangcheong in case the Arklight family gets into a religious dispute like this.
I wasn’t trustworthy and just had an accident.
Still elite in its own way.
“I will try to find a way out somehow. Miss Victoria is in debt. Viktor, because you also received that precious ‘indulgence’.”
“yes. Pay for the meal you got today.”
It’s seafood ramen stuffed with octopus and clams from the Sirens.
If I just sold it, it would have been 30,000 René, but I gave it away for free, so I have to pay that much.
“For now, Miss Victoria and Miss Flora seem to be staying in their rooms… . I don’t think we will be able to meet.”
“It’s going to be difficult if we can’t talk to each other.”
“Yeah, by the way. To be honest, I didn’t expect such a fight to take place in Arclight, which isn’t even Princess Blackstar.”
that’s me too
The fortunate thing is that Enio is quiet.
“… … .”
Are you really modest?
I think it’s rather strange that it’s so quiet there.
* * *
late night.
I put on a robe
ㅡKong-Kong… !
Then Kyeongkyeong talks to me.
He’s probably grumbling about where he’s going again this late at night.
A girl I worked part-time with had a cat and once said, “The cat nags me if I come in late.”
To be honest, I wondered how cats nag.
In the first place, he had a history of confessing to me as a lie on April Fool’s Day, so I couldn’t trust him.
He said, “Really? Do you want to go see the nagging cat at my house?”, but I remember that I declined because it was too late.
But now I understand the situation a little bit.
He grumbles when I come too late or go out late.
These days, I feel that animals also have their own life routines, and I don’t want them to be broken.
“I’m going to Kungkong. I’ll pick a flower when you come.”
-Hooong… !
Kyeongkyong likes pretty or beautiful artwork or flowers.
Isn’t this really the pet spider raised by the rich woman?
Seruk.
I set out on the road with my robe pressed down deeply.
That’s where I’m headed…
“Is this here? female dormitory.”
It is a women’s dormitory that is a forbidden area.
If it were the original me, I would never have set foot here without public work.
Even more so in the dark female dormitory after the sun goes down.
But.
Perhaps because the quirk had disappeared, my heart felt quite relieved.
No, it even makes my heart pound.
Played as the main character Luke, “Infiltration! Forbidden flower garden!」 I should say that I am very nervous or excited at the thought of doing the quest myself.
“… … .”
In fact, it would be appropriate to apply for a visit fairly and call Victoria outside.
Victoria is now in a situation similar to home pension on the back of Seonghwangcheong.
That’s right, I’m going to meet you.
“I have no choice but to go in myself. To the women’s dormitory.”
It’s absolutely not because of the ‘item’ that can only be obtained in the female dormitory, so don’t misunderstand.
Of course, no one will misunderstand.
Seruk.
I first looked around.
In order to infiltrate the female dormitory late at night, there is no choice but to break through the back door first.
As I remember, there’s always a group of badass bad girls at the back door.
You can enter while they are away for a while.
There it is.
A threesome of blonde, red, and black hair.
It is quite frightening to see each of them wearing heavy makeup, wearing piercings, earrings, magic candles, and cigarettes.
When I was in elementary school, I remember being ripped off by scary high school noonas in the neighborhood.
At that time, among those older sisters, there was also my cousin.
– Hey, Juri. do you know him Do you think he knows you?
-I don’t know, this Jammin.
At that time, you didn’t pretend to know me, but later you asked me to keep it a secret, and you just did that.
-Seungri, my mother… So, never tell your aunt and uncle about today! Understand? huh? I’ll give you my money back! Shall I buy you ice cream? huh?
When I think about it now, it’s such a memory.
cousin sister
what are you trying to do now
Are you still messing around in your room and starving for breakfast before going to work?
anyway.
Shall we hide here and watch them?
“You there, who are you?”
No, have you heard already?
Is it because he is taller than Luke?
“I got caught right there! Hanging around late.”
“Don’t you know that men get misunderstood when they approach the women’s dormitory after 7pm?”
“Or are you a guest?”
In fact, even if you get caught, it’s not a mission failure.
If you get caught by the ‘bad girl trio’, are there three conversation options?
I expected a little bit, but unfortunately, the choice did not appear in front of my eyes.
“What is it? Seeing you haven’t said anything, are you a guest?”
“A guest, Ilya. Were you still selling stockings or something?”
“Or isn’t it more like a late night secret date? There are people who ‘date for money’.”
They were delinquent students who were making noise in front of me.
The smell of the magic weed that I had been smoking until recently mixed with the smell of perfume, making me dizzy.
Before these guys make a fuss and call the others.
I thought of three options in my head.
“One. yes, a guest Hurry up and give me the stockings you just took off.”
If I pick this, the women scream and I get caught by the enforcement officers.
pass.
“2. I have business for a while, so let’s go inside the women’s dormitory.”
A polite reply.
If I choose this, I will go to prison instead of inside the women’s dormitory.
Pass this too.
The answer here is the third option.
“I want to date all three of you. If it’s money, it’s here.”
Knowing this would happen, I brought 5 million René in advance.
5 million Renée.
It’s a painful expense, but it’s better than going through the prison event again because you’re being driven to be a bigot.
I gave 5 million René to a black-haired girl named Ilya.
Everyone’s eyes widen as they receive a larger amount of money than expected.
“Oh, five million… !? If it’s this big money, you can sell a few stockings… .”
“… honestly awesome? The three of us are also the first… . what to do If 5 million… .”
“Hey, no, sir! Wait here! I’m going to talk over there for a second and come back!”
The rogue students disappeared into that corner.
I was finally relieved when they were all gone around the corner.
“It’s the same.”
Although 5 million René is too much of a waste.
For this to happen, the ‘item’ that can be obtained in the female dormitory must be obtained unconditionally.
So it’s not a loss, it’s a benefit.
“Excuse me.”
I entered the back door while the delinquent girls were away.
It was the first trespass in my life.